Curriculum Vitae: Dr

CV: Dr. Catherine Crockford

Curriculum Vitae: Dr. Catherine Crockford

Current Position: Group Leader & ERC awardee, Scientific Co-Director of the Taï Chimpanzee Project, Ivory Coast, at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Primatology Dept. Address: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany. Email: [email protected] Tel: +49 (0)341 3550 220

Education 1/2005: PhD in Psychology, from Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology (MPI EVA) and University of Leipzig. Grade: magna cum laude; supervisor: Prof. Christophe Boesch. 6/1991: BSc Speech (Honours), Received 2:1, at University of Newcastle upon Tyne.

Positions Held

2012 – present: Group Leader & ERC awardee at MPI EVA, Primatology Dept, Scientific Co-Director of the Taï Chimpanzee Project, Ivory Coast. 2008 – 2012: British Academy Fellow at University of St. Andrews, with Prof. Klaus Zuberbühler. 2004 - 2007: Postdoctoral position, University of Pennsylvania, with Profs. Cheney and Seyfarth. 1998 - 2004: Doctoral studies,MPI EVA, Leipzig. 1993 - 1996: Specialist speech and language therapist in acquired adult disorders, St. Thomas’ and Guy’s Hospitals’ Trust, London. 1991 - 1993: Speech and language therapist, Greenwich Healthcare Trust, London.

Fellowships, Grants and Awards 2016: European Research Council Starter Grant €1,500,000 2012: Young Investigator’s Award, Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, $2,200 2009: British Academy Post-doctoral Fellowship, 3 years, £283,000. 2009: Wenner-Gren Post-doctoral Research Grant, $21,000 2009: Leakey Foundation Post-doctoral Research Grant, $15,000 2008: Named as an ‘Outstanding Reviewer of the Year’ for the Journal of Animal Behaviour 1998-2004: Received Max Planck Institute Stipendium for doctoral studies, €90,000 1990: Nuffield Foundation Bursary for aphasia research supervised by Prof. Ruth Lesser. 1991: Accredited the British Aphasiology Society Undergraduate Research Award

Associate editor: Primate Biology; Journal of Language Evolution.

Selected publications. For full publication list see: (*joint first author; @joint senior author) Crockford C. (2016) Aging: Lessons for Elderly People from Monkeys. Current Biology, 26(13), R532-R534. Wittig, R. M., Crockford, C*., Weltring, A., Langergraber, K. E., Deschner, T., & Zuberbühler, K. (2016) Social support reduces stress hormone levels in wild chimpanzees across stressful events and everyday affiliations. Nature Communications 7. Crockford C, Wittig RM, Zuberbuhler K. Chimpanzees inform receivers depending on receiver knowledge and not receiver behaviour. Proceedings of the Royal Society Open Science. In review.

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Ziegler T, Crockford C. Sociality in non-human primates: field based evidence for neuroendocrine control. Horm. Behav. Invited paper. In review. Crockford C, Wittig, RM, Zuberbühler. (2015) An intentional vocalization draws others' attention: A playback experiment with wild chimpanzees. Animal Cognition, 18.3: 581-591. Crockford C. (2015). Nonhuman primate communication, pragmatics, and the origins of language. Current Anthropology, 56: 56-80. Comment. Cheney, DL, Crockford, C, Engh, AL, Wittig, RM, Seyfarth, RM. (2015). The costs of parental and mating effort for male baboons. Behavioral ecology and sociobiology, 69: 303-312. Cronin, KA, Pieper, B, van Leeuwen, EJ, Crockford, C, Haun, DB. (2015). Cooperating to compete: Evaluating behavioral coordination in response to simulated territorial intrusion in chimpanzees (Pan Troglodytes). Am J Primatology, 77(S1): 64. Abstract. Crockford C, Deschner T, Ziegler T, Wittig RM. (2014). Endogenous peripheral oxytocin measures can give insight into the dynamics of social relationships: a review. Frontiers Behav. Neuroscience, 8:68. Wittig RM, Crockford C*, Ziegler, T, Deschner T, Zuberbühler K. (2014). Food sharing is linked to urinary oxytocin levels and bonding in related and unrelated wild chimpanzees. Proc Roy Soc Ser B, 281(1778): 20133096. Wittig RM, Crockford C*, .Langergraber K, Zuberbühler K. (2014). Triadic social interactions operate across time: a field experiment with wild chimpanzees. Proc Roy Soc Ser B, 281(1779):20133155. Langergraber KE, Rowney, C, Schubert G, Crockford C, Hobaiter C, Wittig, R, ... & Vigilant L. (2014). How old are chimpanzee communities? Time to the most recent common ancestor of the Y-chromosome in highly patrilocal societies. Journal of Human Evolution. Langergraber KE, Rowney C, Crockford C, Wittig R, Zuberbühler K & Vigilant L. (2014). Genetic analyses suggest no immigration of adult females and their offspring into the Sonso community of chimpanzees in the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda. Am J primatology. Crockford C, Wittig RM, Langergraber K, Ziegler T, Zuberbühler K, Deschner T (2013) Urinary oxyotcin and social bonding in related and unrelated chimpanzees. Proc Roy Soc Ser B 2013 280(1755):20122765. Crockford C, Wittig RM, Mundry R, Zuberbühler K. (2012) Wild chimpanzees inform ignorant group members of danger. Current Biology, 22:142-146. (Cover Article). Langergraber, K.E., Prüfer, K. Rowney, C., Boesch, C., Crockford, C., et al. (2012). Generation times in wild chimpanzees and gorillas suggest earlier divergence times in great ape and human evolution. Proc Nat Acad Sci. 109:15716-15721. Silk JB, Beehner JC, Bergman TJ, Crockford C, Engh AL, Moscovice LR, Wittig RM, Seyfarth RM & Cheney DL. (2010). Strong and consistent social bonds enhance the longevity of female baboons. Current Biology 20:1359-1361. (Cover Article). Silk JB, Beehner JC, Berman TJ, Crockford C, Engh AL, Moscovice LR, Wittig RM, Seyfarth RM & Cheney DL. (2010). Female chacma baboons form strong, equitable and enduring social bonds. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology 64:1733-1747. Moscovice LR, Di Fiore A, Crockford C, Kitchen DM, Wittig RM, Seyfarth RM & Cheney DL. 2010. Hedging their bets? Male and female chacma baboons form friendships based on likelihood of paternity. Animal Behaviour 75:1007-1015. Silk JB, Beehner JC, Berman TJ, Crockford C, Engh AL, Moscovice LR, Wittig RM, Seyfarth RM & Cheney DL. 2009.The benefits of social capital: Close social bonds among female baboons enhance offspring survival. Proc Roy Soc Ser B 276:3099-3104. Wittig RM, Crockford C*, Lehmann J, Whitten PL, Seyfarth RM & Cheney DL. 2008. Focused grooming networks and stress alleviation in wild female baboons. Hormones & Behavior 54:170-177. Crockford C, Wittig RM, Whitten PL, Seyfarth RM & Cheney DL. 2008. Social correlates and coping mechanisms of stress in baboons (Papio hamadyras ursinus). Hormones & Behavior 53:254-265.

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Boesch C, Crockford C, Herbinger I, Wittig R, Moebius Y & Normand E. 2008. Intergroup conflicts among chimpanzees in the Taï National Park: Lethal violence and the female perspective. Am J Primatol 70:519- 532. Crockford C, Wittig, RM, Seyfarth RM & Cheney DL. 2007. Baboons eavesdrop to deduce mating opportunities. Animal Behaviour 73:885-890. doi:10.1016/j.anbehav.2006.10.016 Wittig RM, Crockford C*, Seyfarth RM & Cheney DL. 2007. Vocal alliances in chacma baboons (Papio hamadryas ursinus). Behavioural Ecology and Sociobiology 61:899-909. doi: 10.1007/s00265-006-0319-5 Wittig RM, Crockford C*, Wikberg E, Seyfarth RM & Cheney DL. 2007. Kin-mediated reconciliation substitutes for direct reconciliation in female baboons. Proc Roy Soc Ser B 274:1109-1115. Crockford C & Boesch C. 2005. Call combinations in wild chimpanzees. Behaviour 142:397-421. doi:10.1163/1568539054012047 Crockford C, Herbinger I, Vigilant L. & Boesch C. 2004. Wild chimpanzees have group specific calls: a case for vocal learning? Ethology 110:221-243. doi:10.111/j.1439-0310.2004.00968.x Crockford C & Boesch C. 2003. Context specific calls in wild chimpanzees, Pan troglodytes verus: analysis of barks. Animal Behaviour 66:115-125. doi:10.1006/anbe.2003.2166 Crockford C & Lesser R. 1992. Assessing functional communication in aphasia: clinical utility and time demands of three methods. European Journal of Communication Disorders 29:165-182.

Book Chapters and Monographs Kitchen DM, Cheney DL, Seyfarth RM, Beehner JC, Bergman TJ, Crockford C, Engh AL, Fischer J & Wittig RM. 2009. Costs and consequences of male aggression directed at female chacma baboons. In: Male Coercion in Primates, (Muller M & Wrangham R, eds), Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press. Crockford C. 2004. Vocal communication in wild chimpanzees: similarities with and differences to humans. University of Leipzig, Germany.

Invited Talks 2016: Invited talk for the Linguae Group, ENS, Paris. Invited by Prof Philippe Schlenker. 2016: Invited Talk at Neuchatel University, Biology Dept. Invited by Prof. Klaus Zuberbuhler. 2016: Symposium organiser: ‘Links between oxytocin, bonding and cooperation in primates’ International Primatology Society, Chicago 2016: Invited talk in symposium ‘Sociality, communication and cognition in non-human primates’. International Primatology Society Symposium, Chicago. 2016: Invited Contribution to workshop: ‘What's the role of emotion in language evolution?’ Berlin School of Mind and Brain. Invited by Dr. Richard Moore. 2016: Invited Talk as Successful Grantee, ERC Starter Training Interview Day, Berlin. Invited by EU Bureau. 2016: Plenary lecture, German Ethological Society Conference. Invited by Prof. Julia Fischer. 2015: Invited Talk at Bristol University, Biology Dept. Invited by Dr. Andrew Radford. 2015: Invited Talk in symposium ‘Vocal communication’ in European Primatological Society Conference, Rome, by Dr. Stuart Semple 2015: Invited Contribution to symposium on ‘Cognitive Foundations in Primate Communication’ in Protolang Conference, Rome, by Dr. Richard Moore 2014: Invited review for Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience for special issue “Oxytocin’s routes in social behaviour: into the 21st century”. 2013: Talk for the Bio-Medical Section, Max Planck Society Annual Group-leaders’ Meeting. 2013: Talk for Göttingen Primatology Graduate Meeting. 2012: Talk for Society of Behavioural Neuroscience Meeting, Madison, as Young Investigator Awardee. 2012: Talk for University of Roehampton Seminar Series. Invited by Dr. Julia Lehmann. 2012: Talk for Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology, Institute Seminar. Invited by Prof. C. Boesch 2012: Talk for Max Planck Institute of Ornithology Seminar Series. Invited by Dr. Simone Pika. 2011: Keynote speaker, Göttingen & Vienna Graduate School Seminars. Invited by Profs. J. Fischer & T. Fitch.

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2011: Talk for University of Zurich Anthropology Colloquium Series. Invited by Prof. Carel van Schaik. 2011: Talk for University of Zurich Behaviour and Evolution Colloquium Series. Invited by Prof. Martha Manser. 2011: Talk for Stirling University Psychology Colloquium Series. Invited by Dr. Hannah Buchanan-Smith. 2011: Talk for St. Andrews University Psychology Colloquium Series. Invited by Prof. Verity Brown. 2010: Max Planck Institute of Evolutionary Anthropology Primatology Seminar. Invited by Prof. C. Boesch. 2010: Talk for Nyabyeya Forestry College Seminar, Uganda. Invited by Gift Okoga, Vice Principle. 2010: Talk for Wissenschaftskollege (Institute for Advanced Study), Berlin. Invited by Prof. Klaus Zuberbühler, 2007: Talk for University of Manchester Psychology Department. (May): Invited by Prof. Geoff Beattie. 2007: Talk for University of Manchester Psychology Department. (August): Invited by Prof. Geoff Beattie. 2002: Talk for University of Pennsylvania Institute for Research in Cognitive Science. Invited by Prof. Dorothy Cheney.

Selected Press Releases March 2016 New Scientist; Sept 2014: Scientific American interviewed by Gary Stix; Jan 2014: BBC Radio 4 interviewed by Michael Rosen, Der Spiegel, Die Welt, Focus, Daily Mail, Huffington Post, Fox News; Jan 2013: BBC, Der Spiegel. Feb-April 2012: Science News (cover article). Dec 2011: Interviews: BBC Radio 4 Today Programme, BBC World Service, BBC 5 live, BBC Scotland, Swedish National Radio; Newspaper coverage: The Guardian, Daily Mail, US Today, Focus, Sueddeutscher Zeitung, Max Planck Society News, The Hindu, The Times of India, Pakistan News; Online News sites: BBC news, Yahoo News, ScienceNewsDaily, ScienceDaily, ScienceDirect, SciGuru, PhysOrg; 2011: Teaching evolution and primatology in primary and Science 2010 Vol 328 secondary schools, Fife, Scotland; Apr 2010: Science Magazine: ‘Talking Chimp to Chimp’ by Jon Cohen, News Focus; Sept 2008: Slate Magazine: Berlitzing Chimpanzees by Jon Cohen; 2003: Max Planck Society News Highlights, Vol 35.